Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Veterans' home official alleges wrongful termination

The longtime public health official chosen to oversee the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home after its 2020 COVID outbreak said he was terminated for raising concerns about continued danger at the facility. 

Eric Sheehan alleged in a whistle-blower claim that staff continued to place COVID-infected veterans too close to uninfected veterans even after the deaths of 76 veterans that spring, my colleague Andrea Estes reported.

“I identified serious problems with the quality of care veterans were receiving and I brought these concerns to my supervisors,” Sheehan said in an interview. “Instead of being recognized for my diligence, I was ignored and ultimately terminated.”


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